Broken front sway bar

[Evil Red Demon]

Hey everyone - just a quick question. Sadly I do not have the luxury of living near my camaro at the current time. It is garaged in Illinois and I am in Virginia. It is stored in my parents garage and the only people with access to it are my parents and younger brother (22). When I was home in the spring I drove it and while I knew the shocks were badly worn there was not noise in the front end. When I returned to Illinois this June, I knew that my Dad had driven the car just to get it out of the garage for a little bit to keep it from not being used for to long. But when I got in it there was a terrible knock in the front end (right front area) that I figured was a blown shock. Turns out it was a broken front sway bar. Now my car does have 108,xxx miles on it and my question to you is: Is it difficult to flat break a front sway bar? I am trying to figure out if someone abusing my car while I'm not home (with his frat buddies) or if that is just something that does happen after a lot of miles. Any insights would be great. Thanks!

[cam98aro]

Re: Broken front sway bar

this is the first time iv ever seen someone break a front swap bar on an fbody.. no joke.

its pretty hard to just snap it, that car probably took a massive hit to the suspension

[Rhunadan]

Re: Broken front sway bar

I broke the front sway bar on my safari van. Don't know how it happened. Didn't even know it was broken till I went under it it to change the oil. I welded it back up and its holding for a year so far.

[techsan23]

Re: Broken front sway bar

Ive seen a snapped rear sway bar on a TA before, but never a front.